telegraph/'telɪgrɑːf $ -græf/

n. a method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals

v. send a message by telegraph

n. [U] 电报（通讯方式）：Send the message by telegraph. 把这个信息用电报发出去。

v. [T; I] 用电报发送；拍电报给：[telegraph sth to sb = telegraph sb sth] Once he arrived there, he telegraphed us (a message). 他一到达那儿就给我们拍了封电报。

构词tele- + graph(=-gram-)

同根 paragraph; photograph

常犯错误

✗ He received a telegraph.

✓ He received a telegram. 他收到一封电报。